Poultry coop



July 12, 1938.

A. T. OLSON POULTRY COOP Filed July 19, 1937 INVENTOR. ARTHUR. T. OLSON.

ATTORNEY.

Patented July 12, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates particularly to poultry coops or crates and to crates or coops generally. The coop is of the type having a plurality of compartments and it is an important object of my invention to provide a coop of this character having a longitudinally sliding door of a size for readily placing poultry in the coop or removing same therefrom, said door being small enough to prevent the poultry in the coop from escaping when the door is opened either to put additional fowls therein or to remove them therefrom.

It is another object of my invention to provide special guide means for the door to effect easy movement of said door without jamming or sticking thereof.

It is another object of my invention to provide guides of the said character suitably reinforced to prevent distortion, twisting or bending of same.

a device of this character having means for removably securing troughs for feed, water and the like to the sides thereof.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character having suitable openings above the troughs whereby the poultry in the coop may have ready access to the feed and water but which are of such size and shape that said poultry cannot escape therethro'ugh.

A still further object is to provide a device of this character of simple, durable construction and of low manufacturing cost.

Numerous other objects and advantages of this invention will be apparent as it is better understood from the following detailed description, which, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, discloses a preferred embodiment thereof.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan view of my coop showing the door in its closed position.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the coop.

Figure 3 is a vertical cross-section through the coop taken on line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a partial enlarged section showing a modified embodiment of the guide for the door.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, which illustrates a preferred embodiment of my invention, reference numeral ll] indicates the floor or bottom of the coop, said floor being solid and constructed of boards of suitable thickness. The boards of the bottom are secured together by transverse end cleats H and have longitudinally extending cleats l2 at the respective sides of the bottom. An intermediate transverse cleat Another object of my invention is to provide 53 also aids in binding the boards of the bottom together. The ends of the coop comprise a plurality of verticallyspaced transversely extending horizontal slats I i secured adjacent their respective ends to respective upright corner posts I5,

the latter being secured to the bottom of the coop. The sides of the coop are constructed similarly, and each side is provided with a longitudinally extending slat 55 secured to the respective corner posts l5 adjacent the top thereof. Spaced above cleats l2 and extending longitudinally of the coop are slats ll, secured adjacent their ends to respective corner posts IE, on which are hooked troughs it by means of wire hooks l9, said slats l1 being adapted to suitably support said troughs with the upper edges thereof in substantially the same horizontal plane as the top edges of slats ll. One of said troughs may be provided with feed 20 and the other with water 2i. The spacing between slats l6 and I1 is considerably greater than the spacing between other slats of the coop, such as those at the ends. In the space between the slats l6 and I1 is wire netting 22 of large mesh which is secured to the respective adjacent slats and corner posts 15 by staples 23. The openings in the netting are rectangular and extend vertically as to their length, thus permitting poultry in the coop to extend their heads through the openings to sesure food and water from the troughs. The width of the mesh is such that the poultry cannot escape therethrough, said width being much less than the length thereof.

The top of the coop is provided with a longitudinally extending top slat 24 adjacent each side and spaced inwardly of the respective slats 24 are longitudinally extending slats 25, the latter being spaced apart to form an opening of sufficient size to permit introduction into and removal of poultry from the coop.

The c'oop is divided into two compartments bya wall comprising vertically spaced transversely extending slats 25 secured adjacent their respective ends to upright supports 2'! secured to the intermediate cleat i3 adjacent their lower ends and to other contacting parts of the coop.

Top end slats M and the upper partitioning slat 26 are provided with notches 28 in the respective top edges thereof, said notches extending between the slats 25 and extend beneath said slats a portion of the width thereof, as shown in Figure 8. At each end of the slats and extending longitudinally of the coop are metal channel pieces 29 se cured by small nails 39 driven into the respective slats through the closed portion of the channels which are U-shaped in cross-section and positioned with the open sides facing each other.

The channels 29 serve as guides for the door which comprises a plurality of transversely extending, longitudinally spaced door slats 3| secured respectively to longitudinally extending, laterally spaced cleats 32 spaced inwardly of the ends of slats 3|. The ends of the slats 3| are slidably received in the respective channels or guides 29 to permit longitudinal sliding movement of the door to open or close same.

By placing the channels or guides beneath slats 25, with the upper sides thereof abutting against the under sides of the respective slats the channels are strengthened against distortion which might result by upward pressure of the door, as when the crate or coop is lifted. The door, when closed, closes both compartments of the coop. Movement of the door in one direction opens one compartment and sliding movement in the opposite direction opens the other compartment.

A modified embodiment of the guide is shown in Figure 4; reference numeral indicating a slat to which the T-shaped guide 4| is secured by nails 42. Slat 43 of the door is grooved at 44, said groove slidably receiving laterally extending portion 45 of the guide 4|.

It is thought that the invention and many of its attendant advantages will be understood from the foregoing description and it will be apparent that various changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention or sacrificing all of its material advantages,

the form hereinbefore described being merely a preferred embodiment thereof together with a modified embodiment of the guides for the door.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

1. In a coop for poultry, a bottom, ends of vertically spaced transversely extending slats, the top slat at each end being centrally notched along the top edge, sides of suitably arranged slats, a top comprising slats suitably spaced apart and having a door opening between the adjacent central slats, a portion of said adjacent central slats extending over the respective ends of the notches which are at the ends of the door opening, channel pieces extending between the notches at the respective ends thereof and secured to the notched end pieces, said channel pieces being substantially U-shaped in cross-section with the open ends facing each other, said channel pieces having their upper sides in contact with the under side of the respective central slats of the top, and a door slidably received in the channel pieces.

2. In a coop for poultry, a bottom, ends of vertically spaced transversely extending slats, the top slat at each end being centrally notched along the top: edge, sides of suitably arranged slats, a top comprising slats suitably spaced apart and having a door opening between the adjacent central slats, channel pieces extending between the notches at the respective ends thereof, said channel pieces being substantially U-shaped in crosssection with the open sides facing each other, and a door slidably received in the channel pieces.

ARTHUR T. OLSON. 

